Personal History:

Education

2003 - Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine (mentor: Dr. Patrick De Deyne)

Professional Experience

2003-2005 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine (mentor: Dr. Robert Bloch)

2005-2010 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2010-present - Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Dr. Lovering has received continuous funding from NIH for over 15 years. He has received additional funding from the International Society of Biomechanics, the American College of Sports Medicine, the NFL Charities and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Research Interests:

Our original work focused on skeletal muscle injury and changes to the sarcolemmal-associated proteins in skeletal muscle myofibers. Since the changes induced by injury parallel many of the changes that occur with muscular dystrophies, this has broadened the focus of my lab to include the study of muscular dystrophies. This includes trying to relate the changes seen at the cellular level to changes seen using non-invasive MR imaging and MR spectroscopy. Results of this critical comparison will be important as we seek more precise and reliable non-invasive measures to follow the temporal progression of the dystrophic process in patients, and novel therapies to treat acute muscle injury.

Completed

Visiting Scholar Award, PI: Lovering
American College of Sports Medicine
Funding to examine the role of the intermediate filament, syncoilin, in skeletal muscle, with Dr. Kay Davies at the University of Oxford, England.

International Society of Biomechanics, PI: Lovering
Funding to perform research on microanatomy of upper extremity human muscles, with Dr. Ján Friden at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden.

Lovering, R.M. and De Deyne, P.G. (2004) Disruption of the sarcolemma and loss of dystrophin after an eccentric contraction-induced injury. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 286: C230-238.